Senior Lieutenant Van Tan Duc, who works at the Military School of Military Zone 5, has not slept a wink for the last two months and been consuming 35 liters of liquid since his father passed away in January.

Duc still feels thirsty all the time and eats 4-5 watermelons a day, Photo: Tuoi Tre

At first, Duc’s family thought he was depressed about his father’s sudden death. However, the situation got worse as he started to lose appetite and vomited on seeing meat and fish.

Duc even gave up rice and opted for vegetable and water instead. He has been drinking 35 liters of boiled water, lemon juice and pennywort juice on daily basis.

Seeing Duc unable to sleep for 10 days, his family took him to see the doctor but no abnormality was found.

Over the past two months, Duc has not been able to sleep and has endured long exhaustion and depression.

Last Monday, he was diagnosed with severe depression by doctors at the Da Nang Psychiatric Hospital.

After using tranquillizers, Duc could sleep an hour a night and eat 3-5 spoons of rice each meal.

However, he still feels thirsty all the time and eats 4-5 watermelons a day.

“Duc’s case is very rare. It may take a year or more of treatment for him to get back to normal life,” said Tran Thu Hong, head of the infirmary at the Military School of Military Zone 5.

Source: Tuoi Tre